28 July 2013

IBM System z EC12 and BC12
new Mainframe Technology ideal for LUW Apps

With the IBM
zEnterprise® System, IBM extends the mainframe platform to help large
enterprises reshape the IT experience for their customers. Enterprises can also
drive intelligent insights, in near real time, to improve business performance
and reduce risk. Use of the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) allows
integration of IBM POWER7 and System x blades.

The
zEnterprise continues the mainframe tradition of providing the most trusted and
resilient platform for large businesses. The extreme scalability of zEnterprise
can offer significant cost savings on core business processes. Freed resources
can be used to focus on developing new services to drive growth. With the IBM
zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager, organizations can leverage dynamic and
intelligent resource management to simplify operations.

A recent
study by Rubin Worldwide1 confirms that mainframe "heavy"
organizations grow more efficiently in supporting business computational
demands than distributed server "heavy" organizations, demonstrating 39% more upward scalability in that
they could support revenue growth with
61% less investment than those that were distributed server
"intense".

The new IBM
zEnterprise® EC12 has up to 50% more
total system capacity, new innovations like IBM z-Aware, security hardened
into its architecture, and continued support for a hybrid infrastructure, while
maintaining core workload strategies of data serving and transaction
processing.

Intro to the MainFrame (short overview)

System zEnterprise overview (long)

New
technologies for cloud, big data, analytics, mobile devices and social media
are redefining the way that businesses will be operating on and IT must be
transformed to support these technologies. The shift can offer the opportunity
to assess and improve the business model and interaction with the customers,
partners and employees. To capitalize on this opportunity, organizations must
be able to tap into their data and energize applications without going over
budget and all the while keeping everything protected and secure.

The IBM®
zEnterprise® System delivers unique value and industry leading capabilities
allowing you to maximize the business value of your unique information. Make
informed and optimized decisions, exploit cloud delivery models to improve
operational efficiency, reduce costs and complexity with Infrastructure as a
Service, and use the built in System z security at every level to improve
customer trust and confidence and know your IT infrastructure is secure. The
IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter® Extension
(zBX) Model 003 offer a proven hybrid computing design that supports mainframe
and the distributed technologies of IBM POWER7® and IBM System x® blades. IBM
zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager (zManager) can manage and integrate
workloads on the multiple architectures with the simplicity of a single system.

Migrate to IBM System-z

A new solution
approach for consolidation and migration of IT assets based on IBMs own IT
Transformation experience. Within IBM, modeling identified significant
potential for savings through virtualization on IBM System z. New services from
the GTS Server Consolidation and Migration Services leverage product
manufacturing concepts and automation techniques to achieve Factory Like
production results.

Video on migration

For the last
7 years IBM has provided specialty application engines on System z servers.

For More information see this IBM webpage

EC12 most suitable for Enterprise Corporations

IBM zEnterprise® EC12

The secure
cloud for data, enabling enterprises to improve service to their customers

The
mainframe has always been the IT industry's leading platform for transaction
processing; consolidated, secure data serving; and support for enterprise-wide
applications. With the zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12), IBM extends the mainframe
platform to help large enterprises reshape their customer experiences through
information-centric computing.

Highlights

4) Comprehensive security and resiliency
built in for highest levels of trust and confidence

BC12 most suitable for Midsize Companies

IBM zEnterprise® BC12

The zEnterprise
BC12 (zBC12) offers twice the capacity at the entry level for the same low
entry price as its predecessor, the z114. It also delivers significant
improvements in availability, security, performance and total system scale to
support clients’ growth in both traditional and new workloads including
consolidation, cloud, mobile and analytics. With the same zEnterprise
innovations and capabilities as the zEC12, the zBC12 lets you scale to the
right size without compromise.